by Glen McCarthy | May 28, 2014 | Classroom, Education, Principles, Tips + Tricks, Uncategorized
The only way to get better on the guitar is to practice. One advantage to having students play guitar in school is that there is a set time built into their schedule for playing guitar every day. As their instructor though, I am wanting more. I want to take these...
by Glen McCarthy | May 21, 2014 | Classroom, Education, Principles, Tips + Tricks, Uncategorized
Your student could be playing a 99-cent store kazoo, a classical guitar or a Stradivarius. Getting up to play an instrument in front of an audience is nothing like jamming out in at home or even in class. So, as a teacher, how do ease the anxiety that often keeps good...
by Glen McCarthy | May 21, 2014 | Classroom, Education, Stories, Tips + Tricks, Uncategorized
It’s impossible to teach blues guitar without dedicating at least one class to Robert Johnson. Musicians from Eric Clapton to Robert Plant have long acknowledged Johnson’s enormous influence on their music. Every respectable top guitarists of all-time list ranks...
by Glen McCarthy | May 12, 2014 | Classroom, Education, Principles, Stories, Success Stories, Tips + Tricks, Uncategorized
“There needed to be an option for kids that didn’t want to take a performance class. We started the class the first year with about 45 kids and next year we will be at 91.” Name: Don Furness School: Redmond Middle School, Redmond, Washington Guitar...
by Glen McCarthy | May 12, 2014 | Classroom, Education, Principles, Stories, Success Stories, Tips + Tricks, Uncategorized
Watching the students grow. Most enter the semester with little to no musical experience. By the time they leave, they have the skills to be life-long appreciators and makers of music! That is what is so captivating about the guitar. Unlike a saxophone or a trumpet,...
by Glen McCarthy | May 12, 2014 | Classroom, Education, Principles, Stories, Success Stories, Tips + Tricks, Uncategorized
“When I had the chance to teach at 4-5 grade level I chose to use guitar as the teaching device/instrument. Its combination of note playing and chord playing is what caused me to use it.” Name: Leon Enneking School: Batesville Middle School, Batesville,...
